Jan. 23, 2013. A long mirrored rehearsal room in midtown Manhattan, the floorboards gleaming but the corners piled high with walking shoes, backpacks, cellphones and scarves. A count is called, the drums kick in and bodies begin to move around the room. From upstage, Michelle Williams begins to sing, sending a shiver through an atmosphere, as downtowner Richard Hell once remarked, “so packed with cash.” It is the last day of dress rehearsals for “Fela!” before the show hits the road, traveling to 16 cities in six months, and the producers (including Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter; Will and Jada Pinkett Smith; and Ruth and Stephen Hendel) have invited the media in…

Since the Super Bowl, pop-culture chatter has essentially revolved around Beyoncé — her HBO special, her world tour, her GQ cover. But let’s not forget about the other members of Destiny’s Child — especially the one who’s starring in a Broadway show, planning a new reality TV show, and dealing gracefully with her haters. Grammy-winning Michelle Williams is taking the lead in Fela!, a musical tribute to Fela Kuti, the Nigerian singer who created Afrobeat as a musical genre and used it to speak out against government corruption. The highly acclaimed song-and-dance show is headed to Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center March 19. We spoke to Williams about the stigma of…

Michelle Williams spoke about her role in the play, as well as those rumors about an official Destiny’s Child reunion to Atlanta’s Majic 107.5 during Atlanta’s press week. Catch up on the interview if you missed it last week.

Follow Michelle Williams behind the scenes of the first press day in Atlanta for Fela! Michelle makes stops at radio stations V103 Atlanta, the Ricky Smiley Morning Show, CBS Better Mornings, Magic 107.5, and Praise 102.5. View the fun video below:

(CNN) – This week we talk with Michelle Williams, the Grammy-award winning Destiny’s Child member, currently starring as Sandra Isadore, activist and love interest of Fela Kuti, in the smash Broadway hit musical, FELA! The 3-time Tony Award-winning musical is in Atlanta through March 6th and Michelle stopped by CNN Radio to talk about FELA!, her friend Beyoncé, and some personal revelations about how she took charge of her own destiny after suffering though some dark times. Destiny’s Child made her famous, but even before the group existed, Michelle Williams knew she would be a star. She remembers being in the Fox Theater in Saint Louis for an 8th grade…

On Atlanta Press Day for Fela!, Michelle Williams visited CNN to discuss her role in the play, her battle with depression, her new reality show and the much celebrated performance at this year’s Superbowl. See her interview below:

Hot off her reunion with the other Destiny’s Children at the Beyonce Bowl, Michelle Williams talked to HLN’s Natasha Curry about taking her own brand of bootylicious on the road with the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “Fela.” The show is about a man named Fela Kuti, a musician known for creating a style of music called afrobeat. Williams plays Sandra Izsadore, who becomes Kuti’s lover and teacher. She gives Kuti the facts he needs to give his music political punch. Curry and other fans also want to know, after their breakout Super Bowl halftime show, what about a full-fledged Destiny’s Child reunion? “We just made a goal to go out…